MUA Heaven & Earth - potential Naked dupe?

When I was over in England and in a Superdrug, I kept my eyes open for the MUA Professional Range - I found it in Lakeside, but they had hardly anything left, least of all the eyeshadow palettes. In Canterbury, I don't think they had it and Bromley didn't have the palette I was looking for. It was in Broadstairs where I managed to find it and then, naturally, buy it.

At £4, it is a steal. This palette is ideal for those wanting to try out shimmery golds and brows, especially as you get 12 shades. 12 shades for £4. At this point, I would calculate how much each eyeshadow costs, but as my talent in maths is astonishingly nonexistant, I won't bother.

Although it does lack very dark shades, it still gives you plenty of choice, even though some of the shades look very similar. The fact that it doesn't have really dark shades doesn't bother me as I don't usually go for very dark colours.

Another thing absent in this palette is matte shades. To be honest, that doesn't really bother me as I much prefer the shimmery eyeshadows, despite the risks of looking like a Twilight-esque vampire if there's too much fallout (I clash with glitter - I once opened this pot of glitter that my best friend had and got glitter EVERYWHERE)

These are all really pigmented, much like the single eyeshadows from their normal range. They blend easily as well.

I can't actually remember which shades I used in this EOTD as it was taken the day that I bought the palette and I've been really busy since then so it's gone.

BUT what I was interested in was whether you could call this palette a Naked dupe. So I got that out and started comparing. For comparing purposes, I've named the shades from the Heaven & Earth palette from the first row 1A,2A,etc... and from the second row 1B,2B,.... .

l-r: top row:Virgin, Sin, Half Baked, Toasted, Hustle;

bottom row: 1A, 3B, 3A, 2A, 5A

So dupes? Not exactly. As you can tell by the swatches, Sin and 3B aren't that similar, whereas Virgin seems like a less pigmented 1A. Hustle and 5A are nothing alike, but I think there are some pretty good dupes for Half Baked and Toasted. The pigmentation of the Heaven & Earth palette is great and the eyeshadows are also really smooth so I suppose if you refuse to spend your money on the Naked palette, this could be a nice replacement.

Dupe Alert! Urban Decay Aquarius vs Miss Sporty Lasting Colour in Hypnotic Turquoise

Ladies, I have foudn my first dupe! And boy am I proud haha!

So today I was debating what colour I was going to paint my nails when my eyes fell upon Urban Decay's Aquarius from their Summer Of Love collection. And then I noticed the Miss Sporty Lasting Colour in Hypnotic Turquoise, which looked pretty similar.


See, there is a certain similarity, so I decided to test it out to see if I had stumbled upon a dupe.

left Urban Decay, right Miss Sporty

Ok, so at one coat Miss Sporty is slightly greener than Urban Decay but after a few coats...

Every alternative nail is Urban Decay, starting from the thumb and as you can see, after two-three coats, they're practically identical.

But what do you save in terms of price?

Well, if you wanted to be really iffy, you could divide the Urban Decay Summer of Love set at £17.50 by 7 and get £2.50 out of it. Miss Sporty retails at £1.99, so you'd save 51p. BUT as you can't buy the nail varnishes individually, you'd save around 15 quid, if you just wanted this shade. But of course, if you want all of them, then by all means, get the set (despite it well...being autumn.)

xx

MeMeMe Poppy Tint

Aaargh, I am so sorry for neglecting this blog! My first week of school's been hectic but it's improved a lot in the sitting thing, as I'm now sitting next a really nice chap in most subjects(lol that makes him sound ancient! rest assured he's only 17, I think) and the only lesson I'm sitting alone in is Maths, but it's best I don't get distracted in Maths, so it's better that I'm alone.

Moving on to more relevant matters, my mum brought me a MeMeMe Tint back and some dry shampoos from Superdrug, which is really handy when you're too busy to shower every day.


Now if you read blogs, as you surely do, you know this is a very cheap dupe for Benefit's Posie Tint. Unfortunately, I can't verify this as I don't own Posie Tint, but judging by swatches, they're practically identical.

As for the packaging, I LOVE it. A) It's pink. B) It's CUTE! So it ticks all my boxes.


With this, a little goes a long way and it also lasts for AGES. I apply it at 6.30 am and my cheeks are still pink 8 hours later at 14.30, so it's great quality for a cheap price.




So here you have it applied straight on to the hand and then above that, blended out. It's a really cute pink and I find it makes me look more awake by making my cheeks pinker. I'm not sure how exactly that works, but it just does haha.



What you DO have to watch out for is that if you don't blend it instantly, it'll stain in the shape that you applied it (dots, streak, etc...) as you can see above, so be quick!

Now this has fast become a HG product for me. I use it every day and it's one of those products that make me feel like I could go out with just that on my face (ok exagerrated, but that and just a little mascara/concealer)

Now here's my FOTD from today with Poppy Tint on my lips and cheeks. And my new Primark hat that I decided to wear today as it was so bloody freezing and raining so I wanted to double protect my hair (hat + umbrella)



On my lips, the Poppy Tint goes quite darkish, but then today I applied a little bit more than usual, so that might be it.



Just a side note, as you can see, my eyebags are absolutely awful. If anyone could recommend a good cheap(ish) under eye concealer which isn't the Garnier Roll On, I'd love you forever!

And as for the rest of my makeup, it's the usual for me, except with a different mascara cause I've stupidly gone and dropped my Diorshow underneath my bookshelf and I need another pair of hands to help me find it.